Dystonia
New Dystonia Research Reported from Mayo Clinic
Published in Genomics and Genetics Weekly, October 21st, 2011
2011 OCT 21 -- Researchers detail in "An African-American family with dystonia," new data in Dystonia. According to the authors of recent research from Jacksonville, Florida, "The genetic cause of late-onset focal and segmental dystonia remains unknown in most individuals. Recently, mutations in Thanatos-associated protein domain containing, apoptosis associated protein 1 (THAP1) have been described in DYT6 dystonia and associated with some cases of familial and sporadic late-onset dystonia in Caucasians."
"We are not aware of any previous descriptions of familial dystonia in African-Americans or reports of THAP1 mutations in African-Americans. Herein, we...
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